Bits and Pieces

It's time to bone up on your Brits to get ready for Tuesday's British Invasion. So here's a homework list for those too young to remember and extra credit for those who have fond memories of these songs.

BTW, here are song suggestions for the contestants:
LaKisha Jones - "Goldfinger" (Shirley Bassey)
Chris Sligh - "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (Gerry & The Pacemakers")
Blake Lewis - "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (The Animals)
Sanjaya Malakar - "Lola" (The Kinks)
Gina Glocksen - "Wild Thing" (The Troggs)
Phil Stacey - "Go Now" (The Moody Blues)
Melinda Doolittle - "The Man Who Sold the World" (Lulu)
Chris Richardson - "Friday on My Mind" (The Easybeats)
Haley Scarnato - "A Sign of the Times" (Petula Clark)
Stephanie Edwards - "All Cried Out" (Dusty Springfield)
Jordin Sparks - "Georgy Girl" (The Seekers)

What are your song suggestions for the remaining 11? Please let us know by commenting!

Listen and watch:
Dave Clark 5 - "Because"
Dave Clark 5 - "Bits and Pieces"
Dave Clark 5 - "Glad All Over"
Dave Clark 5 - "Over and Over"
Dave Clark 5 -"You Got What It Takes"
Dusty Springfield - "All Cried Out"
Dusty Springfield - "I Only Want to Be With You"
Dusty Springfield - "Son of a Preacher Man"
Dusty Springfield - "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
Gerry & The Pacemakers - "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"
Gerry & The Pacemakers - "Ferry Across the Mersey"
Gerry & The Pacemakers - "I Like It"
Herman's Hermits - "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat"
Herman's Hermits - "I'm Into Something Good"
Herman's Hermits - "Silhouettes"
Herman's Hermits - "There's a Kind of Hush"
Los Bravos - "Black Is Black"
Lulu - "The Man Who Sold the World"
Marianne Faithfull - "As Tears Go By"
Petula Clark - "A Sign of the Times"
Petula Clark - "Downtown"
Shirley Bassey - "Goldfinger"
Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin' "
Spencer Davis Group - "Keep on Running"
The Animals - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
The Animals - "It's My Life"
The Animals - "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
The Easybeats - "Friday on My Mind"
The Hollies - "Carrie Anne"
The Hollies - "Dear Eloise"
The Hollies - "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
The Hollies - "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)"
The Hollies - "On a Carousel"
The Kinks - "A Well Respected Man"
The Kinks - "All Day and All of the Night"
The Kinks - "Lola"
The Kinks - "Tired of Waiting"
The Kinks - "You Really Got Me"
The Moody Blues - "Go Now"
The Seekers - "Georgy Girl"
The Seekers - "I'll Never Find Another You"
The Troggs - "Love Is All Around"
The Troggs - "Wild Thing"
The Yardbirds - "For You Love"
The Zombies - "She's Not There"
The Zombies - "Tell Her No"
The Zombies - "Time of the Season"
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - "Game of Love"
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - "Groovy Kind of Love"

... Jennifer Lopez appeared on Extra recently and said she is counting the days until her April 11 appearance on Idol. The mentor for Latin Week, Lopez will perform a Spanish song from her latest release, "Como Ama una Mujer," on the Wednesday results show.

... According to TV Guide, Paula Abdul insists she is "great friends" with Simon Cowell in spite of their controversial onscreen relationship.

But the 44-year-old singer-turned-"Idol" judge admits she tries to avoid the star when he's being overly facetious. She said, "Simon and I actually get along great. We have cultivated a fun relationship. He's actually become a really good friend."

And Abdul is adamant any rumors of a romance between the pair is way off the mark. She explains, "He makes this stuff up. He said, 'Paula, people want us to hook up so bad.' I said, 'That's disgusting.' He goes, 'Paula, I know you want me,' and I go, 'Like a cold sore.' "

We have fun playing up the chemistry, but there's also times when I would cross the other side of the street so I wouldn't have to look at him."

... People magazine reports that six-foot-one-inch Taylor Hicks has shed nearly 22 lbs., going from 215 to 193, since his "American Idol" win last May. How'd he do it? By ditching fast food and such southern comforts as fried chicken. In their place: Salads, brown rice, fish and chicken noodle soup. "It's good for your throat," he says. "It's also comforting, but it's light." Not that the 30-year-old Alabaman – who's currently on a 53-city tour to promote his self-titled album – is completely denying himself. He calls his day off from the tour "kind of like my one sin day. I look for chocolate cake. If you're gonna do it, you might as well do it that way!"

Now the same weight as when he played high-school basketball, Hicks follows a serious exercise regimen, running for 45 minutes every other day, no matter where he is. "I just take off running, with a hat on," he says. And when covering up his distinctive gray mop, "I've walked through a thousand fans and nobody notices." Aside from the running, "I use a lot of the stage as exercise," says the singer, who calls his dance style "signature me ... it's original and it's authentic." Plus, it's more cardio: "I wear jackets, and with those lights, I'm sweating off, like, two pounds a night!"

... People magazine also revealed these things you didn't see on last week's show: Diana Ross' daughter, "Girlfriends" actress Tracee Ellis Ross, jumping out of her seat in the audience to watch her mom do her thing ... Melinda Doolittle star-struck when the original Dreamgirl put her arm around her during her performance of "More Today Than Yesterday." Jordin Sparks was seen mock-fanning a flushed Melinda ... the back story behind Ryan Seacrest introducing Simon Cowell as "all of Simon Cowell"? Simon's white button-down shirt was unbuttoned down to depths that no man should venture unless he's posing for a Harlequin romance book cover. Naturally, Ryan took the opportunity to point out the judge's revealing fashion choice to the world ... Season 5 finalists Paris Bennett and Lisa Tucker and Season 4 finalist Anthony Fedorov hung out in the audience and greeted members of the production crew with hugs before the live show began ... Chris Sligh's wife, Sarah, mounted a cutout of Chris' upper body on a popsicle stick and waved it in the air. Chris spotted his cutout bopping in the air and pointed it out to Blake Lewis, who laughed along with him. When it was announced that Chris was safe from being voted off, Sarah's mom – who flew into town with Sarah's father from South Carolina – pumped her fist in the air ... Blake Lewis and Gina Glocksen have become chummy and their families have gotten close: Blake's mom loaned Gina's mom and two sisters her "Mom loves you Blake! Vote for Blake!" sign, which they used the back of to design their own "Party Like a Glockstar" sign to wield during elimination night ... Brandon Rogers' mother wiping away tears as her son gave his final performance. At the end of the show, Blake was overwhelmed and started tearing up, hugging Brandon on stage for a long time and then hugging Jordin who was also a little weepy to see Brandon leave the group.

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Bad Night for the Boys

So in the first week of finals' elimination the Bottom 3 were all boys: Brandon Rogers, Phil Stacey and Sanjaya Malakar. We shouldn't have been surprised with the boys so much weaker than the girls this season, but we wouldn't have been shocked by the early elimination of Stephanie Edwards or Haley Scarnato. Possibly growth of Stephanie's fan base and both Haley's crying and knock of her own performance saved the two women this week.

We were a bit nonplussed to see Phil in the Bottom 3. His performance was no less than middle of a very mediocre pack. But the more we talk to people, the more we think the "eeew" factor is hurting Phil (hey, if the "yo" factor can help, the "eeew" factor can hurt). Everyone always knew that Phil wasn't easy on the eyes, as Paula Abdul would say, but after Simon Cowell specifically pointed the fact out a couple of weeks ago, it's almost as if he brought it to the top of everyone's consciousness. Now, you can't help but see the pointy bald head, taxi-door ears and piercing blue eyes. And it makes it hard to focus on his usually pleasing voice. In fact, a few friends have said that Phil's voice really isn't bad if you close your eyes and listen, but unless the Idol-wannabe is going for the Braille audience, that's not the optimum remark an aspiring star can receive. So if Phil doesn't grow some hair, don a toup or better hats, have his ears pinned back or start wearing designer sunglasses, he could be bidding us farewell in the near future.

That Sanjaya didn't get eliminated wasn't the surprise ... that he fell into the Bottom 3 was. Not that he didn't deserve the boot, but a cadre of squealing 10-year-old girls are weekly text-messaging their fingerprints off to keep the 17-year-old train wreck on Idol. We also imagine Malakar might be garnering a strong gay vote, Indian vote and Hawaiian vote (hula, anyone?). And don't underestimate the latter. All you have to do is remember Season 3 and the huge and disproportionate effect that the tiny 50th state had on the voting, keeping the horrible Camile Velasco and the cute-but-barely-mediocre Jasmine Trias in the running long after they should have been eliminated.

We were sorry to see Brandon leave before Sanjaya, but we knew it would be a miracle if he made the Top 10 tour. He simply never lived up to his potential. Great tone, great looks, but the voice just never emerged fully. Sadly, Brandon sounded better during the group medley of Diana Ross hits last night than he did in any of his official performances. We know there is a voice there worth hearing, but Brandon will have to work harder to ever have a shot at being a soloist. Guess the good news is that he can still work as a backup artist, but after living the dream for a couple of months, it's a tough fall.

Other "highlights" of the results show included the incredibly lame Idol challenge, another opportunity for the producers to make a bundle off of Cingular text messaging (and anybody who doesn't believe that the Idol owners aren't getting a percentage cut from Cingular has to be an idiot), packaged to look as if the audience is the only one profiting from the contest. Then it was payback time (again, bundled to look like an advantage to viewers) when Diana Ross got to promote her new CD, "I Love You," in return for mentoring the 12 disciples. Her entrance was true Supremes style, voguing arms aloft, as the curtain opened, in a magnificent low-cut red-orange gown with matching feather boa. The Lady still has it going on style-wise. She sang "More Today Than Yesterday," and although we have great admiration for the job she did on Idol, as well as her performing history, it was clear that her voice isn't what it once was. But her moves and stage presence were, so kudos to the supreme one. After her performance, when Ryan coyly asked her who was going home, her smart response was, "Me." You can see her here .

And for those of you who love, but missed, those usually horrendous Ford commercials, here is the Top 12 Ford video, "Float On."

SIMON SEZ

Set your TiVos, DVRs or VCRs for "60 Minutes" this Sunday night (don't forget to add extra time, as "60 Minutes" is preceded by an NCAA Basketball Tournament second-round game that could run into OT), when Anderson Cooper profiles and interviews Simon Cowell, as the star judge of the "American Idol," who has been accused of being cruel with his caustic critiques of hapless contestants, discusses the criticism he's received from the music industry, his wealth and value to Sony/BMG, the recording company he works for, and the appeal of "American Idol." Cowell also has the tables turned on him when agroup of judges critique him doing something he is passionate about. Click here to watch a clip of Cowell telling Cooper that everything should be shown on TV, jokingly adding that public executions would have no ads but sponsorship.

RYAN'S STRAIGHTEST MOMENTS

Well, that's what this hilarious video montage is called on Gawker.com. The tongue-in-cheek description reads, "Nothing we have seen over the years has ever suggested that Ryan Seacrest is anything less than a full-blooded heterosexual American male. For proof, Gawker videographer Richard Blakeley has assembled a montage of straight-acting moments. We think the results speak for themselves." Hey, why should TMZ.com have all the fun picking on Idol. There's so much to go around.

LYTHGOE ON THE TOP 12 PERFORMANCES

Once again, Nigel Lythgoe was interviewed by TVWeek's Chuck Ross. Here are some excerpts. You can listen to, or read, the entire interview here.

On Diana Ross songs being more favorable to the women: I think that's a fair comment. At the same time, when you look at some of the people that have recorded Diana Ross-Supremes songs, like Phil Collins, he's certainly not a woman and did a great job. There are a lot of good songs there ... and there are a lot that they left out, but they didn't know the songs in the best of times. But there were a lot of good songs that could've easily been turned around to be sung by a guy.
On Brandon: Well, he was a bit shocked. Don't forget that he was the first one up on that stage. It's the first time they've performed in front of over 600 people, and he wiggled his hips at one point, and the audience responded and that took him by surprise, so he forgot his lyrics. I think that threw him.
On Melinda: I think Simon said on occasions it ["Home" from "The Wiz"] can be a bit of a boring song, and she certainly changed that and made it very special.
On Chris Sligh without glasses: Yeah, he asked me at the end of the show what I thought, and to be frank, I wasn't sure; I quite like him with glasses. I absolutely disliked the arrangement that he did [of "Endless Love"]. For me it was sort of that flamenco-type rhythm; it was a bit like Lionel Richie sings "Man of La Mancha," and I didn't like it.
On Blake doing an electronic arrangement of "You Keep Me Hangin' On": I think Tamla/Motown has got such an incredible sound; it's not like doing the '60s or the '70s or the '80s, where they're all different things. Tamla/Motown has a specific sound, and if it was good enough for Phil Collins when Phil Collins recorded it, it's certainly good enough for anybody else that might appear on this show. Phil Collins has got a lot of technical things behind him, he can do anything he likes and he decided to stay with the sound, as did Billy Joel when he went down that route. It's an incredible sound; it's bright; it's energetic, and when you start messing it around, you lose something. And if you start changing the melody and the tune of it, you lose a great deal.
On Gina: Well, I thought it ["Love Child"] was good for Gina. I think the sound was great. I must say that having that big band last night was terrific; the orchestra was sensational. And I think she slotted right into that feel. It's still not an easy song to sing.
On Sanjaya: Well, he sang "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and I think it's fair to say, "There is." ... I think there's a certain immunity you get with the way that you look and the way you are. Diana Ross absolutely adored him; she turned around and said he was love. Howard Stern, I believe, adores him -- not, and asked everybody to vote for him just so he could look at Simon's face in the finale when Simon is asked, "How did Sanjaya get to the finale?" It's one of those characters that stands out this year, a bit like Kevin Covais' Chicken Little; he's just a great character and people love him. There's nothing wrong with personality winning. At the end of the day, it is a singing competition and that needs to be thought about by the voters.
On Haley singing "Missing You": I think that Simon was particularly cruel to Haley the week before, and I think somehow that's been probably plaguing him a little bit, it's been playing on his mind, you know? And she wasn't bad last night. I think she sings in tune. ... the relief when Simon said to her, "I thought you were good." The relief, her whole body shuddered and she collapsed in emotion almost. It just shows you the power that the judges have over the contestants, not necessarily over the vote, but over the contestants. And it only takes Randy to turn around and say, "That was terrible, dude," and that shudder goes all the way through backstage, and it affects the entire show.
On Phil Stacey: It ["I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"] performed a little too slow for me. It's a great song and he sang it well, but it was just a little dragged down for me.
On LaKisha Jones: Well, I think the judges nailed it last night when they gave her props [for "God Bless the Child"] basically because she contained herself. I mean, she is somebody that could've outsung the song, and she remained within the song and she did it brilliantly last night.
On Stephanie Edwards: ... they were disappointed that she didn't go into the disco version [of "Love Hangover"]. Just to go back, if I may, on something you just said though, which is moving out of her comfort zone. The one great thing about this show is that you are always in your comfort zone when you are a great singer, and I think we'll find that people like Melinda and LaKisha will never, ever move out of their comfort zones because they have just got such fantastic voices and will be able to sing anything.
On Chris Richardson: I think it ["The Boss"] was a great one for a guy to sing. I felt as though he was sort of singing on helium a little bit last night; it just got this little tremor, this little wobble in his voice. ... He needs to be careful of it, because it sort of takes away the strength.
On Jordin Sparks singing "If We Hold On Together": I think she's going to be a huge star, this girl. I remember that she auditioned for "American Juniors" about three or four years ago when we did the junior version, and she didn't get in. And now they're sort of coming through and actually starting with "American Idol." This girl is a huge talent and I think somebody that we're going to see grow throughout the series now.

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First 4 Semi-Finalists Eliminated

Ronnie Gill in Newsday writes:

The first cut should have been the deepest, but wasn’t. In fact, it didn’t even separate the wheat from the chaff.

Four semi-finalists were eliminated from “American Idol” tonight, and they weren’t even the worst of the lot. Ending their journeys to the Season 6 title were: Paul Kim, 25, who the judges found pitchy and very ordinary; Amy Krebs, 22, who was warned by Simon Cowell that she didn’t stand out; Nicole Tranquillo, 20, whose song Cowell said sounded over-rehearsed; and Rudy Cardenas, 28, whose performance was called corny by Randy Jackson.

Some would argue that VotefortheWorst.com, a Web site that encourages the public to vote for contestants it deems as "the worst," had an effect on the outcome of this week’s voting. It’s two “nominees,” Sundance Head and Antonella Barba, had received fairly scathing critiques from the show’s judges, but survived.

During the course of the show, host Ryan Seacrest revealed that this season’s finalists would be working with a list of all-star mentors that will include Diana Ross, Jon Bon Jovi, Jennifer Lopez (April 11), Gwen Stefani (March 28), Tony Bennett, Martina McBride, Lulu, Peter Noone and Barry Gibb. Seacrest also introduced a new contest in which entrants could win cash or a trip to Hollywood by giving the correct answer to a multiple–choice question via text-messaging or online.

Season 3 champion Fantasia Barrino made a guest appearance and announced that she would be assuming the role of Celie in the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” on April 10. She then sang “I’m Here” from the show.

More in the morning ...

Seattle: Don't Blame It on the Rain

Seattle, wake up and smell the Starbucks. This city, notorious for depressing, ugly and terrible things (rain, the Space Needle and serial killers) can now add tone deafness to its list. Sadly, the two-day American Idol Seattle sessions lived up to Simon Cowell's assessment as " ... the worst bunch of miserable singers that I've ever met in my life. It was two days of total misery."

And don't blame it on the rain, which drenched contestants waiting to audition on Day 1 for their shot at the brass ring. It would be too easy -- and wrong. Day 2 proved sunny and bright and the singing was as bad as, if not worse, than Day 1. Hmmm, maybe it is the water ... the drinking water. On a bright note, residents of this city apparently love their dogs, or maybe just bring them everywhere they go. Some clips looked more like a vet's waiting room rather than an audition.

But as bad as the auditions were, the two-hour episode
didn't seem nearly as tedious as the previous night's. Maybe it was because these contestants outstranged and outbizzared the Minnesotans. Or, maybe it was because Simon was back to being Mr. Super Nasty. In Minneapolis, Simon faked nice, even upbraiding Randy for his "rude" comments (we all knew it was a little Simon joke).

But Cowell dropped the pretense once the travelling road show moved on to Seattle. He seemed to relish picking not only on the singing, but also on the physical attributes of this lot of losers. Yes, perhaps it's cruel and unnecessary (as well as entertainingly truthful), but after five seasons, anyone who dares to take a shot in front of the judges should know what they're letting themselves in for. They've had ample proof that bad -- and sometimes good (remember the audition dis to Mandisa Hundley, and even Taylor Hicks, last season?) -- singing is likely to be met by Simon's ridicule.

For example, we had Nicholas Zitzman (man, what a last
name), who, after massacring "Unchained Melody," Simon's favorite song ever, was told by the judge that his singing was almost nonhuman. Our question: Why did we have to sit through his entire unbearably long and tortuous, swaying performance (though Randy swaying along with him was pretty funny)?

Then there was Day 2's first performer, bug-eyed Kenneth
Briggs. To us, he seemed creepy, but strangely amusing with his confident lack of talent. Telling the judges his voice had been compared to Justin Timberlake's, he dove into a performance of Backstreet Boys' "It's Tearing Up My Heart." Upon reaching the line, "I can't take it anymore," Simon jumped in dismissively with, "Nor can I." In the exchange that followed, Simon, who apparently couldn't stop focusing on Kenneth's lemur-like eyes, told him he looked like a bush baby.

But Simon wasn't the only one to pick on looks. In an outro before a commercial break, during a clip of gray-haired tryout Eric Chapman, Ryan's voice-over queried, "What if Taylor Hicks got hit in the face with a shovel and couldn't sing?" Too bad hairdresser Eric didn't escape then. After proving to the world he shouldn't quit his day job, he took an object out of his pocket (it turned out to be a jar of some sort of hair product) and stupidly tried to approach the judges' table because he wanted to fix Simon's hair. He was hastily escorted out of the room by two burly bodyguards.

The neverending parade of weird also included
Jennifer "The Hotness" Chapton, who said she acquired her nickname in high school because of her spicy personality. Er, don't think so. And it wasn't for her looks, either. She walked into her audition chomping on chewing gum and delusionally claiming she had a Mariah Carey-like voice. When Paula told her she had to take the gum out of her mouth before singing, and she asked where to put it, notorious Taylor-basher Simon told her to put it on Hicks' face on the backdrop behind her. She tried to sing "Gimme Your Love," until Simon stopped her and told her they wouldn't be giving her any love. But The Hotness wouldn't take no for an answer and continued singing until she was shouted down by all three judges.

There was the very bizarre and strange-looking duo of
Darwin "Mischa" Reedy and her almost identical twin-like mom. Their hair (except color) was alike, they dress alike, they laugh alike, they walk alike, at times they even talk alike, you can lose your mind, when cousins ... Oops, wrong show. Anyway, in a bold move of insanity, Mischa chose to sing the Pussycat Dolls' "Don'tcha." Er, no, we don't. But she was treated gently because mom was in the room. They left telling Ryan that they still love the show and will continue watching it.

But perhaps the worst audition award goes to final tryout
Steven "Red" Thoen, who began by admitting he had only seen a couple of Idol episodes and wasn't a big fan. He then compared his high-pitched voice to the lead singer of Queen. Poor Freddie Mercury must have been spinning in his grave if he was listening in on this rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody." The judges couldn't control their laughter and Simon told him it was perhaps the weirdest audition he'd ever seen. Red argumentatively tried to defend himself before unsuccessfully attempting to leave through the left (wrong) door (yes the locked-door joke continued).

But this was a night when even contestants who won their
Golden Ticket to Hollywood were met with ridicule. One such ticket-holder was 6-foot-4 Anna Kearns, who gave a reasonable performance of Aretha Franklin's "Respect." Randy and Paula gave her a thumbs up, but also growled at Simon when he tried to critique her. After she exited the room, Simon quipped that Paula and Randy had put a giraffe through to the next round.

Other Golden Ticket winners included sister and brother
Shyamali ("Summertime") and Sanjaya Malakar ("Signed, Sealed and Delivered"), who performed decently and had matching million-dollar smiles. The judges preferred his voice, but her personality. Also getting through on his third Idol audition attempt was Thomas "Tommy" Daniels, who sounded like heaven compared to the rest of Seattle's offerings; and beatboxer Blake Lewis, whose spikey hair
seemed more impressive than his voice. We predict he will never make it past the Hollywood sessions.

Simon hated, but we kinda liked, Rudolpho "Rudy"
Cardenas, an L.A. band member who sang Journey's "Open Arms," no doubt to impress former short-term Journey band member Randy. It worked. Randy and Paula put him through over Simon's objections. Getting three "yeses" was 16-
year-old Jordin Sparks, who sang Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me." Her radiant smile was reminscent of America Ferrara's.

All told, over the two days, only 14 contestants were invited to Hollywood. Next stop on the tour is Memphis, which promises to be a good show.

IN OTHER IDOL NEWS

... TMZ.com reports that Diana Ross told David Letterman
she is going to be a mentor on "American Idol" this season. "I'm going to do the 'American Idol,' as a mentor," said Ross. "And then I'll leave from there and I'll go on tour, March and April."

... The Hollywood Reporter says “Idol” averaged a monster 37.3 million viewers and a 15.7 rating/36 share in the adults 18-49 demographic for Tuesday night's season premiere according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. The ratings were up 5% in viewers and 3% in adults 18-49 compared with last year’s premiere, in the second-biggest telecast for “American Idol” since it debuted.

... A New York Post story goes into the wild times off-set on American Idol and in the contestants' dorm. Season 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee says, "I snuck out. Totally ... They didn't know. And I did it often. I never slept in my parent's house, but I did go to my boyfriend's." The story covers other contestants' exploits over the past five seasons.

... According to RealityTVRules.com Katharine McPhee
will appear as herself on the ABC's "Ugly Betty" on Feb. 1. McPhee will be a celebrity guest at the Mode Fashion Week runway show in the episode "I'm Coming Out." ... "American Idol" Season 5 finalist Kellie Pickler co-hosts on ABC's "The View" today and tomorrow (Jan. 18 & 19).

... According to CelebritySpider.com Season 5 Idol
champion Taylor Hicks' self-titled album has been certified platinum, selling over 1 million copies since its Dec. 12 release. The first single, "Just to Feel That Way," goes to radio this week and Hicks begins his first headlining U.S. tour on February 21st. He appears at North Fork Theatre at Westbury on April 7.

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